The Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment.
The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water".
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Waikato contained the third most densely populated part of New Zealand, after Northland/Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The Waikato rohe (area) was inhabited by iwi (tribes) such as those of the Tainui confederation, including Waikato and Ngāti Toa who conquered the native inhabitants about 1450 according to Tainui historians, finally destroying them at a battle at Aratiatia. Between about 1750 and 1842 the area was subject to a large number of invasions by other Māori iwi and hapu confederations and large scale population migrations took place by a number of hapu and iwi. The largest battle ever fought in New Zealand took place near Ohaupo about 1790–1805, between two competing alliances of hapu. During the latter stages of this volatile period, known as the Musket Wars (1807–1845), conflict led to a migration south to Taranaki and eventually Kapiti Island.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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08APR24 2110Z | NZNP | NZHN | Nexus 15 | Pilatus PC-21 (PC21) | -57 ft/m | 108 nm | 00:25 | View | |
31MAR24 2208Z | NZWO | NZHN | Greekazoid | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -52 ft/m | 201 nm | 01:16 | View | |
30MAR24 2254Z | NZWN | NZHN | Nexus 19 | Boeing 737-800 (B738) | -696 ft/m | 210 nm | 00:16 | View | |
22MAR24 1320Z | NZNP | NZHN | VAF771 Seby | Boeing 737-800 (B738) | -236 ft/m | 121 nm | 00:25 | View | |
14MAR24 2042Z | NZWR | NZHN | Lewis Dinsdale | ATR ATR-42-600 (AT46) | -187 ft/m | 158 nm | 00:34 | View | |
09MAR24 2029Z | NZGS | NZHN | SJ2077 | Diamond DA-62 (DA62) | -121 ft/m | 167 nm | 01:00 | View | |
09MAR24 1332Z | NZNP | NZHN | VAF263 Stefano | Beechcraft 58 Baron (BE58) | -78 ft/m | 121 nm | 00:45 | View | |
07MAR24 1638Z | NZWR | NZHN | Alfredo Cortina | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -185 ft/m | 161 nm | 00:34 | View | |
24FEB24 0311Z | NZRU | NZHN | Jeph 775 Heavy | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -325 ft/m | 110 nm | 00:40 | View | |
22FEB24 1945Z | NZWR | NZHN | Andy Grant | Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) | -39 ft/m | 138 nm | 00:41 | View | |
15FEB24 1643Z | NZCH | NZHN | VAF197 Giampiero | Boeing 737-800 (B738) | -46 ft/m | 372 nm | 00:58 | View | |
14FEB24 0146Z | NZNR | NZHN | Roger Abram | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -115 ft/m | 128 nm | 00:33 | View | |
03FEB24 1817Z | YSSY | NZHN | Horbert | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -113 ft/m | 1213 nm | 02:32 | View | |
02FEB24 1752Z | NZWR | NZHN | Berry31 | ATR ATR-45-500 (AT45) | -282 ft/m | 166 nm | 00:41 | View | |
24JAN24 0541Z | NZPM | NZHN | Hudson Garcia | Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) | -89 ft/m | 183 nm | 00:44 | View | |
23JAN24 1812Z | NZCH | NZHN | João Amaral | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -248 ft/m | 379 nm | 00:59 | View | |
19JAN24 2344Z | NZGS | NZHN | Ranbogmord | Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) | -105 ft/m | 155 nm | 00:51 | View | |
19JAN24 2343Z | NZGS | NZHN | Gregor | Grumman F-14 Tomcat (F14) | -508 ft/m | 152 nm | 00:19 | View | |
19JAN24 2342Z | NZGS | NZHN | Wingman | Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) | -148 ft/m | 140 nm | 00:49 | View | |
19JAN24 2341Z | NZGS | NZHN | Scorpio49 | Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) | -85 ft/m | 142 nm | 00:47 | View |